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GEORGE VILDMAN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO COOPER, BOX d: OO., LIMITED, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,983, dated October 4, 1898. Application filed December 8, 1897. Serial No. 661,136. (No model.)

T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoRen WILDMAN, warehouseman, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 13 Rebecca Terrace, Gomm road, Rotherhithe, London, in the county of Surrey, England have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hats and other Articles of Wearing-Apparel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the character of fittings for hats and other articles of wearingapparel described in the specification of patent granted to me, dated January 5, 1897, No. 574,697.

According to the present improvements the form of the lining or tting is somewhat modified, as will hereinafter be fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure l shows a sectional view of a straw hat having the present improvements applied by way of example. The right-hand part of the figure shows the innprovement in a modiiied form. The thicknesses of some of the parts are shown somewhat exaggerated for the sake'of clearness. Fig. 2 is a like view to Fig. 1 but showing the device out of use. Figs. 3 and/J. are part sectional views to a larger scale, showing the device when in use and out of use, respecv tively, as shown at the left hand of Figs. 1 and 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are like views to'Figs. 3 and fi of the modification shown at the right hand of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 7 is an under side view of the hat.

The strip or ange a referred to in the said specification (and as therein also now referring particularly to a hat-lining) is connected by suitable stitching ct' or other available means of connection, either to a stitching-foundation h (called a pad or to the hat c itself, but preferably to a pad or other liningv of the hat, and instead of the strip or flange presenting a free or abrupt edge to the head of the wearer the strip constitutes one kind of means to form or shape by contraction a composite or other ordinary lining d along a medial longitudinal region thereof, near its lower edge or part, in the instance illustrated, and thus a rounded rim or proj ection e. in use is presented to the head of the wearer.

The entire device may, out of use, lie flat against the inner wall of the hat or article, as shown in Figs. 2, 4, and G, and in use upon the tightening of the string, elastic, or band f the projection c is formed by the felt, net, leather, or other suitable pliant material a containing the elastic, while the lining d, at its upper part d', whether of thesame stuff or a mixture of materialssay of xylonite or Celluloid stitched into felt-may lie back against the hat-wall.

A valuable feature of my invention resides in the opport unity it affords for ventilation, accomplished conveniently by providing apertures in the device, preferably adjacent its regionv of union to the crown, in position to be maintained out of contact with the hatwalls by the contracting means when in op erative position, and as one form of such ventilating construction I have shown the lining d as perforated by holes d2, while use may be Y made of gauze, where the contracting means f is carried by a iiange a to facilitate the passage of air around the contracting means.

The adaptation of the device to other articles other than hats will be obvious.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. The combination with a head-covering,

,as a hat, ofa flexible ange attached at one edge to the interior of the hat, a band of elastic material contained within said flange to permit the adjustment of the elastic band and a soft-fabric lining-strip overlying the flexible iiange, as a cover, attached at one edge to the interior of the hat and at the other edge within the hat to a loose stier lining, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a head-covering, as a hat, of a flexible iiange attached at one edge to the interior of the hat, a band of elastic material contained within said iiange to permit the adjustment of the elastic band and a soft-fabric lining-strip overlying the flexible iiange, as a cover, attached at one edge tothe interior of the hat and at the other IOO edge Within the hat to a loose stiffer lining and provided with holes at short distances apart to afford ingress and egress for air to ventilate the interior of the hat, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a head-covering, as a hat, of a band, strip or lining of limp flexible material secured at and around the mouth of the crown being attached directly to the material thereof and provided with apertures adjacent its region of union with said crown, and an elastic band confined to the free portion of said strip and tending constantly when in operative positionv to draw the free portion of said band away from the Walls of said crown to maintain said apertures in position for the free passage of air7 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE VILDMAN.

Witnesses:

ALFRED GEORGE BRooKEs, ERNEST JOHN HILL. 

